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The plan for 2019 is to release four Batman related films. Gotham City Sirens around Valentine’s Day weekend, Nightwing on Memorial Day weekend, Batgirl in August and The Batman in November. The studio is doing this to celebrate the 80th Anniversary of Batman.

The Batman film will still have Deathstroke but not as a main villain. Matt Reeves wants to do a larger scale Batman film that will include the Bat family as well as most of Batman’s rogues.

In addition, two Batman animated films are also planned for 2019. One will be an adaptation of The Long Halloween.

Grant Wilson might be the villain for the Nightwing solo film. He is hired by Roland Desmond to take out all the mob bosses in Blüdhaven.

Mel Gibson is no longer the front runner to direct the Suicide Squad sequel. Jaume Collet-Serra and Ruben Fleischer are now the top candidates. The script is currently being written with a story pitch given by Ayer. Killer Frost will be the new female lead to replace Harley Quinn.

The Dark Universe script is going through final rewrites. Guillermo Del Toro’s old treatment was used as a base and was rewritten to connect to the universe. If Liman is ready, filming could start as early as summer.

Four movies are also planned for 2020. Warner Bros wants to do two low budget/smaller scale films and two big budget/larger scale films per year.

Jonathan Levine is in talks to direct The Flash. The film will most likely release in 2020.

Matthew Vaughn will most likely write the Man of Steel sequel if he takes on the directional duties.

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1. The Batman Will Be BIG
The Rumour: Apparently, Matt Reeves wants to go larger scale than the Batman movie Ben Affleck had planned with Deathstroke, and he wants to include the Bat family as well as most of Batman's rogues.

2. Deathstroke Won't Be The Main Villain In The Batman
The Rumour: Despite the apparent confidence that inspired Ben Affleck to share the test footage of Joe Mangianello as Deathstroke some time ago ahead of The Batman, it turns out the masked assassin won't be the main villain in The Batman. He's still involved, but not at the top of the billing.

3. The Dark Universe Is Being Rewritten
The Rumour: The Dark Universe script is currently going through final rewrites. It's still based on the treatment written by Guillermo Del Toro's, who was attached to the project for a long time, but it's now been rewritten to connect to the wider DCEU.

Additionally, if director Doug Liman is ready, filming could start as early as summer.

4. Matthew Vaughn Will Write Man Of Steel 2 (If He Directs)
The Rumour: If he's hired to direct the Man Of Steel sequel, as is rumoured to be the case, Matthew Vaughn will also write the script.

5. Suicide Squad 2 Will Replace Harley Quinn With Killer Frost
The Rumour: Though he's not directing, David Ayer has written the story pitch for Suicide Squad 2, and with Harley Quinn off to do her own thing as one of the Gotham City Sirens, there's an opening for a new female lead.

Allegedly, those duties will go to Killer Frost

6. Dark Universe Could Take Aquaman's Original Release Date
The Rumour: Either Suicide Squad 2 or Dark Universe will most likely be released on Aquaman's previous release date of October 2018.

7. FOUR Movies Are Planned For 2020
The Rumour: After the potentially bumper year of 2019 and its six movies, there are four movies planned for 2020. Warner Bros then have a general plan to release two low budget or smaller scale films and two bigger budget ones every year.

8. The Possible The Flash Director
The Rumour: Having cut his teeth on quirky indies (The Wackness is an under-rated joy), Jonathan Levine has mostly focused on mainstream, big-cast comedies - with Amy Schumer vehicle Snatched coming soon, but he's possibly set for something very different. Allegedly, he is in talks to direct The Flash, which will come out in 2020.

9. Nightwing's Villain
The Rumour: Son of Deathstroke, Grant Wilson could be the villain for the Nightwing solo film. The story would have him hired by criminal mastermind Roland Desmond to take out all the mob bosses in Blüdhaven.

10. Mel Gibson Probably Won't Direct Suicide Squad 2
The Rumour: Despite being linked to the job quite unexpectedly - and surprisingly publicly - Mel Gibson is no longer the front runner to direct Suicide Squad 2. Instead, Warner Bros are looking at Jaume Collet-Serra (The Shallows) and Ruben Fleischer (Zombieland) as their new top candidates.

11. The Long Halloween Will Be Adapted
The Rumour: Of the two Batman animated films set to be released in 2019 as part of the celebration of Batman's 80th birthday, only one is known. That's an adaptation of The Long Halloween, while the other remains a mystery for now.

12. There Might Be 6 Batman Movies In 2019 (TOO MUCH)
The Rumour: To celebrate Batman's 80th anniversay, Warner Bros and DC plan to release four live action Batman related films in 2019: Gotham City Sirens around Valentine's Day weekend, Nightwing on Memorial Day weekend, Batgirl in August and The Batman in November.
There will also be two animated movies released that year to blu-ray and DVD (more of which soon).